Improvement in ticket-holders



ftluimi A @www e JAMES BRAMBLE AND ALBERT H. NIRDLI-NGE-R, OF FORTWAYNE, d

IN DIANA.

Letters Patent No. 83,915, dated November 10, 1868.

.IMPROVEMENT IN TICKET-HOLDERS.

The Schedule refen'ed to in, these Letters Patent and making part of the name.

To all whom 'itmay concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES -BRAMBLE' and Alln BERT H. NIRDLINGER, of Fort Wayne, in the countyA of Allen, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and improved Ticket and Tag-Holder; and we do' hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part oi' this specication. The object of this invention is to provide a convenient method for holding railroad and other tickets,4 or for securing tags to goods or packages, whereby the same may be exposed to view, and still be securely fastened to the dress or package.'

A nd the invention consistsjn forming a metallic plate of suitable size, and in providing forholding the ticket or tag by suitable grooves therein, .and in secur y ing the plate to the dress or goods by a spiral screw,

or in any other proper manner, as will be hereinafterl described. A

Figure 1 represents the ticket-holder or plate, attached to a garment as when in use.

Figure 2 is a back-side view of theholder, showing the screw by which it is attached.

Similar letters of 'reference indicate corresponding parts.

Thisticket-holder is formed of a single plate of sheetmetal, with a wire spiral spring (which acts asa screw) attached to its back side, as seen ing. 2.

The outer end of this spiral screw is pointed, so that it will readily penetrate the cloth or package, when, by turning round the plate, the fastening becomes complete until the plate is 'turned back or unsorewed.

.For holding the ticket on the face of the plate, the edges are turned over the face on three sides, as seen in iig. 1, thus forming narrow grooves at a.

B represents the face, or, as seen in the drawing, the ticket itself, conned on the face by slipping it ddwn from the top in the grooves at a.

C is the spiral screw.

The upper edge of the plate is cut out on each side of the centre, as seen at el d,so as to give a hold of the ticket for withdrawing it when necessary, while the centre, e, is raised and bent over somewhat, ,so as to hold the ticket in place, or prevent its working out.

By this holder, railroad-tickets may be securely fastened to the clothing ofthe passenger, thereby prevent? ing their being misplaced or lost. And tags may be fastened to goods or packages without sewing, and re'- moved or changed with great facility.

v l/Ve 'claim as new, and desire to secure by Lettersr Patentrlhe ticket-holder as constructed of a vsingle metallic plate, provided with a fastening-device, C, the edges of the said plate being bent over on three sides to form grooves, a, adapted to receive `the ticket, and the upper edge of the plate being cut out at d d, leaving a central tongue, e, which is bent over, substantially as herein shown and described, for the purpose specified.

The above vspecication of our linvention signed by us, this 12th day of May, 1868.

'JAMES BRAMBLE. f

ALBERT H. NLRDLDTGER. Witnesses:

O. D. GORHAM, W. A. Drurrs. 

